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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةًۭ ۚ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَ لَيَالٍۢ سَوِيًّۭا
Qāla rabbi (i)j'ʻal llī 'āyatan . qāla 'āyatuka 'allā tukallima nnāssa thalātha layālin sawiyyan
(Zakariya) said: "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Thy Sign," was the answer, "Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three nights, although thou art not dumb."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Zakariya asked for a sign, and Allah said he would not be able to speak to people for three nights, though he was well.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Could you go a whole day without talking?"
Sajali Sinaga's channel has a short recitation of ayat 1–15. Play it and notice how Zakariya's story moves along.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "How long would Zakariya not speak?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why would silence be a sign?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Maryam is surah 19. Find ayah 10. Zakariya's sign was that he couldn't talk to people, though he was healthy. He could still remember Allah. Silence gave him time for dhikr.
Fact: Find how many days are mentioned in Al Imran (3:41).
Ages 5–8: Quiet time. Try ten minutes of no talking, only quiet dhikr.
Ages 9–12: Silence. Write what you notice when you are quiet.
Finish with: "I found ___ days."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will have five quiet minutes of dhikr each day."
Action: Have five quiet minutes of dhikr each day.
